419 scam: "Dr. Edwin Keita" <edwinkeita2@gmail.com> Re: Awaiting your response

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "info.fincert@collector.org" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347044275855 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Edwin Keita" <edwinkeita2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.fincert@collector.org
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:33:27 +0100
Subject: Re: Awaiting your response

Re: Awaiting your response
Hello Dear,

I am a senior Accountant with (UBA) United Bank for Africa based in Lagos,
Nigeria, This private and confidential letter is an official legal
notice, meant to intimate you of the untimely death of one Mr. Anderson, a
nationality of your country who was killed with his only 24 year old
daughter in a terrible automobile accident in 2014. His total investment
assets with the bank are in excess of Nine Hundred and Fifty Million, Three
Hundred Thousand US Dollarsâ€™ ($950,300.000.00).

In my possession is the file with all the account details and placing your
name as a possible next of kin or relative to the deceased makes any claim
to this account most credible with your last name being exactly same with
the deceased and failing to claim these funds by a Next of Kin means that
the estate of the deceased will become unclaimed and abandoned and
therefore will be turned over to the state after exactly Five years
according to Law. And no one has come forward to lay claim to this deposit
since the deceased died and all efforts to locate any of his relatives have
proved unsuccessful that is why I took it upon myself to contact you based
on your surname.

Upon your acceptance, I ask to present you before the bank as a Next of Kin
to the deceased since you have same last name and I will establish your
name in his file as the only available next of kin to the deceased and I
will furnish you with every legal details you need to make a claim to this
account. I will carefully guide you in every step to make sure you get the
bank's approval to release funds to you as Next of kin. To achieve this
goal however, I compel you to treat this with the utmost confidentiality
imaginable. With me and my colleague working inside the bank I am giving
you a 100% assurance that this claim process will go smoothly without any
hitch, and there will be no legal consequences after the claim. I propose
you take 40% of the funds upon completion while I and my colleague who
works inside the bank keeps 60%.

Furthermore, you are not compelled in any way to participate in this
process if you do not feel comfortable, which means you are not under
obligation to accept this proposition. if this proposition is acceptable to
you please respond back to me urgently via email and I will send you more
details regarding the process. I look forward to your urgent response.

*Dr. Edwin Keita*
Financial Senior Auditor
Tel: +234-7044275855
Email: info.fincert@collector.org

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